Herb, annual, 3–7 cm high. Leaves basal, glabrous; sheath 2–4 mm long, lamina linear, subterete, 4–11 mm long, c. 0.3 mm wide. Cataphyll obtuse, 2–4 mm long. Scape capillary, 1–6 cm long, terete, glabrous. Heads terete, ovoid-conic, 1–2 mm wide. Primary bracts subopposite, glabrous, herbaceous, tightly sheathing; outer bract with a basal sheath c. 3 mm long, acuminate or produced into a straight foliar point up to 1 mm long; inner bract similar but margins entire, with apex acute, never produced. Secondary bracts absent. Pseudanthia 3–6, bisexual. Stamen shortly adnate to gynophore; anther c. 0.5 mm long. Carpels 5–8; styles connate at the base; papillae simple, c. 0.02 mm long. Seed ovoid, c. 0.5 mm long.
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